ENGLISH ROOT WORD: fall-, false- from Latin fallere, falsus, fallax, fallacis
【fall-, false-】 are a word-forming element usually meaning "false, deceive" from Latin "fallere, falsus, fallax, fallacis" [WORD ROOT]root fall [VARIATIONS OF ROOT] fail, fall, false, fault [ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) fallere, falsus, fallax, fallacis [MEANING]root false, deceive 【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】 【Latin】 fallere to trip, cause to fall; to deceive, to cheat 【Latin】 falsus [past particip..